Technology Stocks On The Rise With Help From 3 Stocks

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading down 25 points (-0.1%) at 18,080 as of Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,119 issues advancing vs. 1,860 declining with 154 unchanged.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today:

3. CenturyLink ( CTL) is one of the companies pushing the Technology sector higher today. As of noon trading, CenturyLink is up $0.56 (1.6%) to $34.96 on average volume. Thus far, 2.1 million shares of CenturyLink exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $34.06-$34.98 after having opened the day at $34.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $34.40.

CenturyLink, Inc. provides various communications services to residential, business, governmental, and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through two segments, Business and Consumer. CenturyLink has a market cap of $19.7 billion and is part of the telecommunications industry. Shares are down 11.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 6 analysts who rate CenturyLink a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates CenturyLink as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full CenturyLink Ratings Report now.